tube foot

noun

A locomotor appendage of an echinoderm consisting of a tube with longitudinal muscles, pressurized by water.

Meanings

nountube foot (plural tube feet)

plural tube feet

  1. A locomotor appendage of an echinoderm consisting of a tube with longitudinal muscles, pressurized by water.
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